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Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders by Vanessa Angélica Villarreal

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challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Now We're Getting Somewhere: Poems by Kim Addonizio

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dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

Essayism: On Form, Feeling, and Nonfiction by Brian Dillon

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challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Medusa's Ankles: Selected Stories by A.S. Byatt

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challenging dark informative mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

What's Your Road, Man?: Critical Essays on Jack Kerouac's on the Road by

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challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

Incubation: A Space for Monsters by Bhanu Kapil

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Western Journal by Thomas Wolfe, Thomas Wolfe

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adventurous inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

Paper Boat: New and Selected Poems: 1961-2023 by Margaret Atwood

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 8%.
The poetry was wildly inconsistent in terms of how much I liked it.
Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories by GennaRose Nethercott

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

The Bad Graft by Karen Russell

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adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0